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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212704059" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212704059">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>the zulip interface doesn't seem to let me increase the width of the right column with the list of streams</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212704192" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212704192">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:09)</a>:</h4>
<p>this then means that streams pairs like <a class="stream" data-stream-id="227806" href="/#narrow/stream/227806-t-compiler.2Fwg-prioritization">#t-compiler/wg-prioritization</a> and <a class="stream" data-stream-id="245100" href="/#narrow/stream/245100-t-compiler.2Fwg-prioritization.2Falerts">#t-compiler/wg-prioritization/alerts</a> are indistinguishable in presentation on the right hand side</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212704295" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212704295">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>in the short term, I'm going to check with <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116266">@Santiago Pastorino</span> about whether we can/should rename the alerts stream in some way to make them distinct</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212704631" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212704631">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>(for me, they are both cut off: <code>#t-compiler/wg-prioriti...</code> and <code>#t-compiler/wg-priori...</code>; they are cut off at different points because the number of unread messages in each differ, by a large amount, so the number of digits in that unread messages box is different widths)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212704728" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212704728">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:12)</a>:</h4>
<p>but in general this seems like something that one needs to think about up front when making new zulip streams? That, or the Zulip developers should address it...</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212705885" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212705885">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>It certainly wouldn't hurt to make an Zulip issue about it, even if we wanted to work around the problem here.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212706248" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212706248">(Oct 08 2020 at 15:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>it's not a problem for me because I see <code>t-compiler/wg-prioritization</code> (no ...) and <code>t-compiler/wg-prioritizatio...</code> and then I know that the second one is the <code>alerts</code> one and also if you hover the mouse over you see pointers to it being the alerts one, but yes if it's an issue for others we should probably rename</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212721964" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212721964">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:15)</a>:</h4>
<p>cc <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116009">@nikomatsakis</span> as maybe a reason not to prefix with team name for things</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212722942" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> cuviper <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212722942">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:23)</a>:</h4>
<p>or find shorter prefixes</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212723056" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> cuviper <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212723056">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:24)</a>:</h4>
<p>(at the risk of getting more cryptic)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727436" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727436">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:59)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116122">@simulacrum</span> yeah, I considered that</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727473" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727473">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>I do think that's a problem</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727504" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727504">(Oct 08 2020 at 17:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm not sure what I think is the best solution :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727542" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727542">(Oct 08 2020 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>I do also see value in having some visible structure</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727582" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727582">(Oct 08 2020 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>maybe we should file a zulip issue</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727597" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727597">(Oct 08 2020 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>to start :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212727612" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212727612">(Oct 08 2020 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>it seems..so eminently fixable</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212743398" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Cyphase <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212743398">(Oct 08 2020 at 20:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>Definitely <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/new/choose">open an issue</a>, and mention it's from the Rust community.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212768013" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212768013">(Oct 09 2020 at 01:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>as a workaround using the <code>t</code> dialog might help somewhat</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream%20names%20too%20long/near/212935291" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/stream.20names.20too.20long.html#212935291">(Oct 10 2020 at 21:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>yeah besides that I remember the colour scheme for both streams which makes it easier to distinguish <span aria-label="stuck out tongue" class="emoji emoji-1f61b" role="img" title="stuck out tongue">:stuck_out_tongue:</span></p>



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